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structures and also certain institutional structures actually still have to be established and
developed. EU support programmes for the new member states can provide
encouragement. Transversal strategies which are characteristic of the West European
programmes presented can only develop in historically established institutional structures.
Additionally important for a cross-national learning process are the consideration of
thematic starting points and the structure of the programmes presented and discussed here
for the formation of relevant conclusions for further work in one’s own country. Socioenvironmental
strategies and/or strategies targeting specific urban districts are not suitable
for problem complexes such as the integration of non-settled population groups
(Roma/Sinti; travellers) and are also just as ineffective in cases where spatial segregation
processes have not yet developed, as appears to be frequently the case in Eastern European
EU member states.
Conclusion
Despite the frequently widely varying framework conditions of social welfare and
programmatic and institutional differences, several fundamental conclusions can be
formulated which appear to be essential for European and national support policies for
children and young persons from disadvantaged neighbourhoods following the analysis of
the strategies and programmes presented, the position papers and the recommendations
for action from the individual working groups:
Central results and conclusions for the development and
implementation of national strategies and programmes targeting
disadvantaged children and young persons
1. The EU member states can only develop long-term and successful
programmes for the improvement of the situation of young persons in
disadvantaged neighbourhoods on the basis of regional and local strategies
embedded in national strategies.
Measures and successful programmes for the improvement of the situation of
young persons in disadvantaged neighbourhoods on regional and local levels
require the framework of a national strategy, i.e. these measures must be elements
of active national child and youth policies.
The embedding of all regional and local measures in national strategies lends these
measures a common permanent and long-term character: they will serve uniform
national aims and the success of their implementation will be controlled from the
aspect of having achieved their target objectives. Through the national framework,
the various measures and programmes can be set up and implemented on a local
and regional level according to consistent and standardised quality standards.
Additionally, a uniform national reporting system on a long-term basis should
provide an overview of the situation and development in socially disadvantaged
areas and the integration needs of young people in these areas, providing a unified
evaluation.
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